Teaching teens the dangers of texting and driving

LAKELAND, Fla. -- A small high school in Wisconsin tried to scare its students out of texting and driving, but many people are saying it went too far.

Before classes, school officials got on the intercom and announced that four students had died in a crash caused by texting and driving. Students were shocked, but then 10 minutes later, the student council revealed the whole thing was a drill!

“It probably would work,” college sophomore Catherine Tyson said of the tactic. “It's not okay, but it probably would work.”

“If I would've heard that I would've been bursting into tears,” another college student said.

These young people don't agree with what that high school in Wisconsin did. However, they admit they don't always listen to their parents or the public service announcement telling them not to text and drive.

Young people know the dangers of texting and driving, and yet they still do it. So what's the best way to get them to stop?